"Ideas are useless unless used." — Theodore Levitt

Ideas are useless unless used. - Theodore Levitt

"Ideas are useless unless used."

— Theodore Levitt

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25 Quotes by Theodore Levitt

Theodore Levitt has 25 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Just as energy is the basis of life itself, and ideas the source of innovation, so is innovation the vital…
Ideas can be willed, and the imagination is their engine.
Nothing drives progress like the imagination. The idea precedes the deed. The only exceptions are accidents and natural selection.
The oil industry is a stunning example of how science, technology, and mass production can divert an entire group of…
Kodak sells film, but they don't advertise film; they advertise memories.
Organizations, by their very nature are designed to promote order and routine. They are inhospitable environments for innovation.
Ideas are useless unless used. The proof of their value is in their implementation. Until then, they are in limbo.
A consistently highly creative person is generally irresponsible.
Organizations exist to enable ordinary people to do extraordinary things.
People don't want quarter-inch drills. They want quarter-inch holes.
The true purpose of a business is to create and keep a customer, not to make you money.
The purpose of a business is to get and keep a customer. Without customers, no amount of engineering wizardry, clever…

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More Ideas Quotes

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I try to push ideas away, and the ones that will not leave me alone are the ones that ultimately… — J. J. Abrams
There is no great genius without a mixture of madness. — Aristotle
I love the idea of anthropomorphizing machines. I love the idea of taking technology and giving it a personality. — J. J. Abrams
It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make their appearance in the world. — Aristotle
Never in my wildest dreams did I entertain the idea that I would become a fashion designer. — Giorgio Armani
I believe that the whole idea of the consumer society is tottering. We've kept ourselves going by producing more and… — Paul Auster
In the United States Christmas has become the rape of an idea. — Richard Bach
We have domesticated God's transcendence. We often learn about God at about the same time as we are learning about… — Karen Armstrong
It's tough to be a 15- or 16-year-old athlete competing around the country. There's tension, there's media. I had no… — Lance Armstrong
There is in every madman a misunderstood genius whose idea, shining in his head, frightened people, and for whom delirium… — Antonin Artaud
A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one. — Mary Kay Ash
But I liked Yeats! That wild Irishman. I really loved his love of language, his flow. His chaotic ideas seemed… — Chinua Achebe

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